this is the house as it was when we bought it (fall 2004)

here's a shot of the formstone coming off (summer 2006)

The process: (1) remove formstone, (2) remove paint with chemicals, (3) grind out old mortar joints, (4) repoint joints, (5) seal with silicone

each time the brick was washed the water was collected and pumped into big drums for disposal

repointing!

nearly finished with the main repointing-- the remaining steps for this crew were (6) install brick sills and (7) repair & paint the cornice

waiting for new windows

amy scraped and painted the door to the old coal shute

the window crew came a few weeks later to replace the windows in the front. as you can see, the house was originally built with a big window on the first floor that was closed in at some point

don't fall outta there! (he did -- and was okay)

the final product (minus some trimwork around the doors)

casement windows for fresh air

that black trim has to go...

...but she can stay! (she made those curtains too!)